Chapter 117: Casting Blood

The fields on both sides moved backward in his field of vision. After about a quarter-hour, the fields disappeared, the road began to have a slope, and trees suddenly flooded into his vision, flying backward.

It was also at this moment that Seeing Pei Ye felt so clearly that he had truly left this place where the people of Fenghuai had worked at sunrise and rested at sunset for hundreds of years.

This rapid departure even gave rise to a sense of unease in his heart—as if there were still some things not prepared, but he no longer had the chance to go back and get them.

Gradually reaching the top of the slope, Seeing Pei Ye suddenly pulled the reins, forcing this arrogant beast to stop, and stood the horse there.

Seeing Pei Ye looked ahead, his heart beating slightly faster, unable to tell if it was trepidation or anticipation.

Behind this slope, it was still a winding road, still trees lining the road, but it was a part he had never seen before.

He had truly never seen it before. As a child, he was not restless; west of the city, north of the city, east of the city, flowing streams, small pools, deep mountains, his footprints were all over the place.

Only south of the city, he had known since childhood that this was a road to leave, so he had never walked this way.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that he was not entirely that young eagle eager to leave the nest and fight in the vast sky. When he was a child, there were a few little friends who loved to run this way; they would chatter and argue, imagining the end of the road, but he was not among them.

Although he also yearned for that exciting world in stories, in his subconscious, that world seemed to be just a gorgeous dream, and he had never truly wanted to escape this land under his feet to pursue it.

He had spent his carefree childhood here; this was the place where his mind was settled, and he held a deep attachment to it.

Before shaking the reins again, Seeing Pei Ye looked back at the little city of Fenghuai for a while, feeling both heavy and light at the same time.

——

"Seeing Pei Ye, I'm going to bite you, don't scream."

Amidst the galloping, the black cat on his shoulder suddenly said.

"Ah? Oh."

Then a sharp pain immediately came from his neck, and Seeing Pei Ye gasped fiercely. It lasted for a while before the sharp teeth left his body, but the sharp pain still lingered.

"Finished biting?"

"Mm."

"Why bite me?"

"Do you feel anything special at the wound, for example, something spreading into your body?"

"Your saliva?"

"... Saliva is fine too, but I also injected some blood into it," the black cat said coldly.

Seeing Pei Ye frowned and felt it carefully, only feeling the sharp pain and the coolness of the wind blowing away the saliva.

"Can you bite lighter?" He was somewhat dissatisfied.

"Is there any feeling at all?"

"No."

The black cat was silent for a while, as if it had started thinking again, but this time it didn't take long before it said: "Then I'll try scalding you."

"... How about we talk about it after getting off the horse in a while."

"It's not using fire," the black cat explained, "It's letting the blood I injected rise in temperature slightly; you feel where they go."

"... According to our normal human knowledge, it should be the heart," Seeing Pei Ye turned his head to look at it, "Don't kill me."

"Rest assured."

Seeing Pei Ye mobilized his Qi to protect his heart and said somewhat nervously: "Then come on."

As soon as the words fell, a wave of heat made him gasp fiercely, and he suddenly straightened his body.

"Stop stop stop stop stop stop—"

That wave of heat disappeared.

To say the least, this temperature was indeed not harmful to the body; it was about the temperature of water that you just couldn't gulp down, and it would definitely be no problem to touch with your hand.

But when this temperature was placed inside the body, it was truly like hot water pouring on a wound, making Seeing Pei Ye grit his teeth.

"Where is it?" The black cat waited quietly for Seeing Pei Ye to adjust back before asking.

Seeing Pei Ye was stunned for a moment: "Dantian."

The black cat's green eyes brightened slightly.

"Wait! I suddenly thought of a question," Seeing Pei Ye said, "You can control the temperature of this blood, don't you feel where they go?"

"I can, but I want to confirm it."

Seeing Pei Ye glared at it.

"I really don't know the answer to this next question—where in the Dantian are they?"

"What do you mean where in the Dantian? They're just inside the Dantian."

"Is it the Ice Dew, or the Scarlet Shadow?"

Seeing Pei Ye was stunned for a moment, felt it carefully, frowned after a while and said: "I can't feel it; how about you scald me again?"

The black cat didn't move, thought for a while and said: "If it were Ice Dew, you would want to eat me."

Seeing Pei Ye shivered and turned to look at the little black ball on his shoulder—it was really small, only slightly larger than a kitten; if measured by mouth, it would be a two-bite affair.

"How is it, do you have the desire?" Sensing his gaze, the black cat tilted its head and asked softly.

"No!" Seeing Pei Ye said decisively.

"Then it seems to be Chiying," the black cat nodded with satisfaction.

"You've been pondering this for several days, what exactly is it?"

"Do you remember that you could once produce 【Chi Fire】?" The black cat said.

"..."

That deep black, bloody, ghostly night flooded back into his mind; he flicked his finger, and a dozen ghostly blue, gorgeous flame flowers scattered in the forest, outlining the chaotic light and shadow of the battlefield.

"I remember," Seeing Pei Ye said slowly, "But, wasn't that because of the Divine Seed? Later, after He left my body, I lost all related power."

"That indeed originated from Him, but the Profound Fire also possesses this power," the black cat said, "I have been thinking that the contract between human and Immortal Hunter is mutually beneficial. I gained the ability to absorb Heaven and Earth Profound Qi from you, and you should also be able to gain some things from me."

It looked at Seeing Pei Ye: "For example, 【Chi Fire】."

"Hiss—" Seeing Pei Ye couldn't hold the reins anymore; he tightened his palm again, "You mean, I can still... like that?"

He made a "whoosh whoosh" flicking motion.

"Perhaps. There is some progress now," the black cat said, "I thought at first that perhaps, like the ability to absorb spiritual energy you gifted me, it also relies on 'Life' to connect, but you have never been able to feel it."

"Right, I can't feel anything."

"So I think it is more likely related to the physical body that exists in reality; after all, when I use Chi Fire, it is born in my bloodline."

Seeing Pei Ye suddenly realized: "So you injected some blood into me—so I can use fire now?!"

"Can you?"

Seeing Pei Ye frowned and felt it carefully, raised his hand, held his breath for a long time: "No."

"I can't feel that blood at all, unless you scald me again."

"Mm," the black cat was not surprised, "This is actually reasonable. If you used this blood to produce fire, wouldn't it be gone after use? I would have to keep injecting it into you, which obviously doesn't fit the 'Contract.' Your use of my ability should come from a more stable way, just like my ability to absorb spiritual energy; it will be a solidified ability in your body."

"Oh."

"Now that my blood has gathered on Chiying, and you cannot use it directly, perhaps it means this 'stable way' is being built."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 118 =====